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...much softness in Ask for It: How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really Want (Bantam) by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever. "We know that this is true--that women don't ask for what they want and need, and suffer severe consequences as a result." They are particularly tenacious about curing the common female failure to negotiate salaries, which they warn is "outrageously expensive for women." The book offers a four-phase program to toughen up women to negotiate on their own behalf. Babcock, an economics professor at Carnegie Mellon, bases her recommendations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Books | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...versatile: feminist activist, mystery writer, lesbian pioneer, fox hunter, screenwriter, novelist, animal rescuer. She even became a tabloid star during her three-year relationship with tennis superstar Martina Navratilova. TIME's Andrea Sachs spoke with Brown, who was in Pennsylvania on tour for her latest book, The Purrfect Murder (Bantam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rita Mae Brown: Loves Cats, Hates Marriage | 3/18/2008 | See Source »

...gave me $1,000 and published it. I never had a book review, never had an ad, didn't have a hard cover until I guess one of its anniversaries. It exploded and they couldn't keep up with the sales. They couldn't print them fast enough. So Bantam bought it. [ A million copies were sold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rita Mae Brown: Loves Cats, Hates Marriage | 3/18/2008 | See Source »

...against Trinity junior Rushabh Vora. Hill started off strong and took the first game, 9-8, but then Vora rallied back to take the next two games, 9-5 and 9-2. Hill claimed the fourth game, 9-3, and in the match game the freshman edged out his Bantam opponent, 9-7, on his way to the “B” bracket championship. “It was a great win for him,” junior captain Verdi DiSesa said. “It was a sign of a lot of progress. During that match...

Author: By Alison E. Schumer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Youthful Squad Finishes Strong | 3/3/2008 | See Source »

...point the entire match. The next day of competition against Trinity would prove to be far more of a challenge for Harvard. The Crimson fell, 9-0, but a few matches were close and could have had very different outcomes. Fourth seeded Buchanan took a 2-1 lead on Bantam opponent freshman Andres Vargas Heredia, but Buchanan could not hold on and lost the match, 3-2. The eighth-ranked Smith also took his match to four games. Down 0-2, Smith was able to rally back in the third game but was defeated in the fourth game...

Author: By Alison E. Schumer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Powerhouses Tank Hopes for Title | 2/19/2008 | See Source »

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